Training pharmacists in the stage-of-change model of smoking cessation and motivational interviewing: A randomized controlled trial

Citation

Caponnetto P, DiPiazza J, Aiello MR & Polosa R (2017) Training pharmacists in the stage-of-change model of smoking cessation and motivational interviewing: A randomized controlled trial. Health Psychology Open, 4 (2). https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102917736429

Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of training pharmacists in the stage-of-change model for smoking cessation and motivational interviewing on smoking cessation outcomes. A training based on the stage-of-change model for smoking cessation and motivational interviewing was introduced to pharmacists. Pharmacists were randomly assigned to the intervention or control group. The control group attended a 3-hour training session, whereas the intervention group also attended a further 6-hour training session. At week 24, 12.2 percent of the smokers quit smoking in the intervention group, whereas 1.6 percent of the smokers quit smoking in the control group. The findings of this study showed that training pharmacists, in the stage-of-change model for smoking cessation and motivational interviewing, improves smoking reduction and cessation rates.

Keywords
adults; clinical health psychology; community health psychology; health promotion; nicotine dependence; public health psychology

Journal
Health Psychology Open: Volume 4, Issue 2